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In his memoirs, Rimet later wrote that he had seldom witnessed such a storm of excitement  and liberated passion as at the end of this match; maybe, he mused, the Uruguayans had taken their triumph too seriously, but they were so spontaneous in their jubilation that everyone seemed to join in. Diplomatic finesseThe effects of the new World Cup were less evident in Europe, however, where even the specialist press devoted only a few lines to the event and indeed FIFA's own newsletter only devoted a few lines to it. But Rimet's dream had been realised. It was the basis upon which the World Cup as we know it today was to be built, and it was also the consecration of his career as a football administrator.

Rimet's subsequent years as President of FIFA were not without their highlights, of course. For the organisation of the 1934 World Cup in Italy he had to withstand the pressures of South American retaliation to the Europeans' cool reception to the inaugural edition in Uruguay, and even when FIFA selected France to host the 1938 edition in honour of his own personal contribution he had to deal with the complex situation facing pre War Europe. At no time was his diplomatic ingenuity and internationalism more evident than in 1939, when he travelled to South America to heal a growing rift between that continent and Europe, preserving the unity of the world body. After the War years, FIFA emerged to hold its 1946 Congress in Luxembourg, when it was decided to play the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, the only candidate.

Rimet realised that this was a wise choice, as Europe would still be recovering from the War years and he also perceived the wisdom in attributing the 1954 edition to Switzerland, whose neutrality had ensured a measure of stability during the intervening period. The same Luxembourg Congress also decided to name the trophy after Jules Rimet, thus ensuring his name in perpetuity a name that lived on even after the original little trophy disappeared for ever in Rio de Janeiro in 1983. The first Honorary PresidentRimet's 33 year term of office eventually came to an  end at the 1954 Congress in Berne, his last ceremonial act being to officially open the World Cup in Lausanne, at the age of 81.